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Germany and Hannover 96 goalkeeper Robert Enke, 32, has died after being hit by a train, police have confirmed.
The German football federation (DFB) said in a statement: "The German team has learned of the death of Robert Enke with great shock.
"National team coach Joachim Loew and manager Oliver Bierhoff said: 'We are all shocked, we are speechless'."
Enke played eight times for Germany and also for clubs Benfica, Barcelona and Borussia Moenchengladbach.
He made his international debut aged 31 and became Germany's number one keeper after Jens Lehmann retired from internationals at the end of Euro 2008.
Enke, whose two-year-old daughter Lara died two years ago from a heart defect, had missed Germany's last four matches through injury but returned for his club at the weekend.
Loew had indicated that Enke was in pole position for the number one jersey at next year's World Cup finals in South Africa
BBC SPORT | Football | Internationals | Germany keeper dies in accident
The German football federation (DFB) said in a statement: "The German team has learned of the death of Robert Enke with great shock.
"National team coach Joachim Loew and manager Oliver Bierhoff said: 'We are all shocked, we are speechless'."
Enke played eight times for Germany and also for clubs Benfica, Barcelona and Borussia Moenchengladbach.
He made his international debut aged 31 and became Germany's number one keeper after Jens Lehmann retired from internationals at the end of Euro 2008.
Enke, whose two-year-old daughter Lara died two years ago from a heart defect, had missed Germany's last four matches through injury but returned for his club at the weekend.
Loew had indicated that Enke was in pole position for the number one jersey at next year's World Cup finals in South Africa
BBC SPORT | Football | Internationals | Germany keeper dies in accident